10 ideas
2945 | Most philosophers start with reality and then examine knowledge; Descartes put the study of knowledge first [Lehrer] |
2946 | You cannot demand an analysis of a concept without knowing the purpose of the analysis [Lehrer] |
16659 | Relations do not add anything to reality, though they are real aspects of the world [Olivi] |
16672 | Quantity is the quantified parts of a thing, plus location and coordination [Olivi] |
16673 | Quantity just adds union and location to the extension of parts [Olivi] |
9329 | Justification is coherence with a background system; if irrefutable, it is knowledge [Lehrer] |
20653 | Six reduction levels: groups, lives, cells, molecules, atoms, particles [Putnam/Oppenheim, by Watson] |
9330 | Generalization seems to be more fundamental to minds than spotting similarities [Lehrer] |
9328 | All conscious states can be immediately known when attention is directed to them [Lehrer] |
16663 | Things are limited by the species to certain modes of being [Olivi] |